Belt-lacing.



J. K. WHITE.

BELT LACING. APPLICATION FILED JUNE l2. I917.

Patented Apr.

in ear r11 meantime;

manages.

To all whom/it may concern? 1 Be it known that 1, JOE); Kim; WHITE,

a citizen of the United States, residing at La Crosse, in the county of La Crosse and vide a belt lacing made up from woven fabric and formed in such a manner as to avoid any possibility of the folds or plies thereof becoming displaced or bunched.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 isa perspective view illustrating the use of the lace embodying the present invention;

n Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the lace, one end thereof being tipped and the other end being illustrated in condition prior to being tipped;

Fig. 4 is a detail transverse sectional View through the lace;

Fig. 5 is a sectlonal perspective'view illustrating a modified form of the invention.

The lace embodying the present invention is made up from a single ply of woven fabric of a'suitable length and whileit is preferable that ticking be employed, canvas or other heavy woven fabric may be found suitable for the purpose. Where a fiat lace, such as illustrated in the first four figures of the drawings, is to be made, the ply ofticking or the like first has one longitudinal edge portion folded in upon itself, as at 1, so that the raw edge 2 will be eventually housed within the lacing as a whole. The ply is then several times folded upon itself, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and finally the other longitudinal edge portion of the ply is folded in upon itself, as at 3, and the fold 3 is then brought into registration with one side of the flat lace thus formed. Thus both longitudinal raw edges of the ply are housed, concealed, and protected within the lace as a whole. After the ply of material has been Specification of Iiettrs retest.

. hpplication filed. an 12, 1917. senarnt. 174 ,3401

in themannerstated, linesofstitch 1 ing 4, 5 and 6 are run through the folds, the lines of stitching 4: and-6 passing "through the folds close to the opposite longitudinal sides of the lace'as a whole, and the line of stitching 5 passing through the folds approximately mid-way between the lines of stitching 4 and 6. Thus the folds are united in such a manner as to positively prevent their displacement within the lace and particularly are the longitudinal edge portions of the ply secured against displacement. Furthermore, there are no raw edges exposed to wear.

In that form of the invention shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, the lace is substan tially cylindrical in cross section and in making this form of lace the ply of ticking is not folded fiat but is rolled upon itself until a lace of the desired diameter is ob tained. However, the raw edge of the fabric is not left exposed after the rolling a has been completed but the said edge por tion is folded in upon itself, as indicated by the numeral 7 so as to house the raw edge in substantially the same manner as it is housed and protected in the previously described form of the invention. After the ply of material has been tightly rolled in the manner just described, lines of stitching 8, 9, 10 and 11 are run through the lace as a whole, the lines of stitching 8 and 10 passing through the lace adjacent the opposite sides thereof, and the line of stitching 9 passing through the lace substantially midway between the lines of stitching 8 and 10. The line of stitching 11 is passed through the lace at right angles to the lines of stitching 8, 9 and 10 and transecting the lastmentioned lines of stitching and the stitching 11 passes also through the fold 7 so as to secure the fold against displacement.

The use of the lacing is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings and each end of the lacing may be tipped, as indicated by the numeral 12, by dipping, or by the application of a metallic tip, or, in fact, in any suitable and well-known manner, the end of the lacing being preferably slashed as shown at the lower portion of Fig. 3 prior to the dipping or application of the separate tip.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as-new is:

1. A lacin comprising .a single ply of material turned upon itself longitudinally a plurality of times, and lines of stitching uniting the turns adjacent each side of the lace.

2. A lacing comprising a single ply of material turned upon itself longitudinally a plurality of times, lines of stitching unitii'ig'the turns adjacent'ea'ch side ofthe lace, and a line of stitching uniting the turns between the first-mentioned lines of stitching.

lacing comprisinga' single ply of Copies of thisbatent may be' obtained for material turned upon itself longitudinally a plurality of times, and lines of stitching uniting the turns adjacent each side of the lace, one longitudinal edge portion of the ply being folded upon itself with the folds substantially registering with one side of the lace as a Whole, and one of said lines of stitching passing through said fold.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOEL K. WHITE. [Ls] fl've cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

